Lyric discussion by scottshaw 

Cover art for Damascus lyrics by Nerina Pallot

So Damascus is a city in India where Nerina's mum took her when she was very young.

The first verse is about actors who've lost themselves. Here is what she says in her blog: "What happens when we change, but not for the good of those we have loved so intensely once before? Envy the actor, who has lost all sense of himself and can play the role required, yet still believes he is his own authentic self." But I don't understand what it's got to do with Damascus.

And the chrous is about is about depressed, miserable people who think they're living for nothing?